Dr Randall is conducting an experiment with young children.He tells each child that they have a choice to make: They can have a biscuit right now, OR they can wait ten minutes and get two biscuits.Dr.Randall appears to be measuring ____.
A)the planning fallacy
B)the children's levels of abstract decision-making
C)whether the children are incremental theorists or entity theorists
D)the children's capacity to delay gratification

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Dr. Randall is measuring the children's capacity to delay gratification by offering them a choice between a smaller reward now or a larger reward later. This is known as the "marshmallow test" and is a classic experiment in the study of delayed gratification.

Dr Randall Is Conducting an Experiment with Young Children